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l)one, sometiines of wood, and in Eastern New Guinea 

 two l)oar's tusks are often w^orn in this fashion, with 



their tips turned up- 

 wards. The comb, 

 especially among the 

 ^nirer race, is one of 

 the most character- 

 istic features of his 

 decoration. It is made 

 of a long piece of 

 Ijamboo split at one 

 end into prongs, while 

 the other projects 

 Ijcyond the forehead 

 of the wearer to a 

 distance sometimes of 

 a couple of feet or 

 more, and is transfixed 

 with feathers of the 

 parrot or other birds, 

 f»r by splinters of 

 band)()0 bearing discs 

 < if pith. ISTecklaces 

 are w^orn in almost 

 every part, generally 

 of small shells, teeth, 

 or bones ; they often 

 bear a large valve of 

 the pearl-oyster or the 

 snowy Ovulum ovum 

 as a pendant. Conus 

 mille2ni7ictatus and other shells are ground down into 

 bracelets and arndets, l)ut grass or fibre is also much used 

 for arm-bands, and these serve in lieu of pockets, beneath 



TAPUAN' OF DOUEI BAY. 



